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The first lady of the United States is the hostess of the White House.The position is traditionally filled by the wife of the president of the United States, but, on occasion, the title has been applied to women who were not presidents' wives, such as when the president was a bachelor or widower, or when the wife of the president was unable to fulfill the duties of the first lady.
Spouses or partners using the title of "First lady" or "First gentleman" of a nation are included, whether they be a spouse of a president, prime minister, or other national leader. Some countries which have a president and prime minister have only included the spouse considered that of the national leader.
Michael Horodniceanu – engineer and businessman, former president of MTA Capital Construction; Stephanie Korey – co-founder and executive chairman of Away; David Marcus – former President of PayPal, and current Vice President of Messaging Products at Facebook; Martin Bud Seretean – founder, and former CEO of Coronet Industries. [12]
The first Romanian known to have been to what is now the United States was Samuel Damian (also spelled Domien), a former priest. [8] Samuel Damian's name appears as far back as 1748, when he placed an advertisement in the South Carolina Gazette announcing the electrical demonstrations he planned to give and inviting the public to attend.
At the White House, the official dinner was marked by awkward moments, due to the morose attitude of President Calvin Coolidge and his wife Grace; Marie lingered less than two hours. [138] Before leaving the United States, Marie was presented with a bullet-proof armored town car by Willys-Knight , which she joyfully accepted.
She is the wife of JD Vance, who is the vice president-elect of the United States and Ohio's junior United States senator. Usha Vance will assume the role of Second Lady of the United States on January 20, 2025 , becoming the first Indian American and Hindu American to hold the title.
Jill Biden is also one of twelve second ladies to have gone on to become first ladies during their spouses' terms as president. While the title was not in general use until much later, Martha Washington, the wife of George Washington, the first U.S. president (1789–1797), is the first First Lady of the United States. During her lifetime, she ...
Barbara Bush (née Pierce; June 8, 1925 – April 17, 2018) was first lady of the United States from 1989 to 1993, as the wife of the 41st president of the United States, George H. W. Bush. Previously, she had been second lady of the United States from 1981 to 1989, and founded the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy .